Lady&#39;s hat-fastener.



JOSEPH B. MARSHALL, OF BRI DGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRD TO AIDEN M. FARDEE, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

LADY S HAT-FASTENER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed June 22, 1906. Serial No. 322,851.

To mil whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. MARSHALL, a'citizen of the United States, residing, at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Ladys HatFastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for retaining ladies hats in position from wind, and has reference particularly to devices for this purpose, which devices are connected permanently to the hat so as to avoid disfigurement of the hat by frequent application and removal.

The object of my invention is to provide elastic or yielding means or connections between the hat and the pronged devices which enter the hair, in such manner as to avoid rigidity and consequent discomfort to the wearer, and so that the pressure of the devices will not be externally perceptible whether such devices are in use or left free.

A further object of my invention is to provide hat retaining means of the character described which will be connected to the hat at a plurality of points around the crown of the hat so as to hold with equal security against any tendency to blow the hat off in any direction.

To these ends the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Of the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 represents an under plan view of a hat having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 represents a transverse section through the hat with the parts in the position which they occupy when in use. Fig. 3 represents a vertical longitudinal section through the hat with the parts in the positions which they occupy when being applied to position for re taining the hat, as hereinafter described.

Similar reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in all the views.

A hat of conventional form is indicated at 10. Secured to the under side of the crown of the hat, as by sewing threads or otherwise, are four eyes 11, said eyes being substantially equally spaced from each other. In other words, two of the eyes depend from the side portions of the hat crown and the other two eyes depend from the middle, front and rear portions of the hat crown.

An elastic 12, preferably a cord elastic, extends through the four eyes 11 and has its eyes connected by a clip or buckle 13, or any equivalent device for adjusting the length and consequently the tension of the elastic.

The pronged retaining devices 14, which are hereinafter TBTQ/II'Gd tO as combs, are each formed with a tongue 15 and provided with two eyes 16 through. which the elastic passes freely, as most clearly shown in Fig. 3. As clearly illustrated in Fig. 3, the stretch of the elastic between the two eyes 16 of the comb l ileads through one of the eyes 11 at the side of the hat crown. The portions or stretches of the elastic which extend from one comb to the other, lead through the eyes 11 at the front and rear of the hat crown. Therefore the combs or retaining devices will be kept in proper position at the sides of the hat but may still yield somewhat toward either the front or back, thereby permitting the combs to be inserted in portions of the wearers hair that may best engage the teeth of the combs and still permit the hat to be moved somewhat forward or back or around to suit the taste or preference of the wearer. Obviously, this arrangement, whereby the connections with the hat are solely at the crown, will enable the combs to be left free to rest loosely on top of the hair if the wearer so desires.

When the hat having my improved retainers applied thereto is to be put on, the user holds the two combs somewhat below the brim of the hat, with the elastic stretched in the position shown in Fig. 3, and the teeth of the two combs are pushed into the hair on top of the head, and the two combs released. The elasticity of the cord 12 will result in drawing the hat down to the position shown in Fig. 2 until the inner edge of the brim of the hat bears upon the hair, or if preferred upon the combs just outside of the eyes 16. The hat will be securely held in this position until the wearer desires to remove it, which result can be quickly accomplished by simply pressing the brim of the hat upward far enough .to enable the user to grasp the tongues 15 to withdraw the teeth of the combs from the hair, the elastic yielding to permit of both of these movements, and then serving to keep the combs in position connected with the hat so that the same may be again quickly and conveniently put on.

Having now described my invention I I stituting the sole connection between the TO claim: combs and the hat.

A device of the character described com- In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature, prising a pair of combs each having eyes and in presence of two witnesses. provided with a tongue projecting in a direction opposite to the teeth, and an elastic pass- JOSEPH MARSHALL ing freely through the eyes of each comb and Witnesses: connected to the under side of the crown of a A. M. WoosTER,

hat at a plurality of points, said elastic con- AIDEN M. FARDEE. 

